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> It's a next-word prediction model

So are you. https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2023/03/31/its-just-predicting-t...

And your qualifications and background are what? Why is this on a free WordPress instead of in a scientific paper if it's something to take seriously?

Counterpoint: https://the-decoder.com/why-large-ai-language-models-dont-le...

Do you think I wrote that? And what do qualifications have to do with anything?

I assumed you did, as it's a very strange post to link to on a very strange blog, and doesn't lend credibility to the idea that a human being is an LLM simply by existing, and if it was such a compelling idea then it wouldn't be languishing on a free WordPress.

Qualifications are a great way of figuring out who's worth listening to, but that's not always the case as AI/ML folks prove with regularity, but it's nice to know if someone isn't just an armchair commentator and isn't peddling baseless information.

> a human being is an LLM simply by existing,

That's not what it's claiming at all. It's taking umbrage with the word "just" in "just predicting the next word".

A gun "just moves some metal from one place to another".

"by existing" = because the blog post exists does not prove something is true.

I'd sooner listen to people who are leaders in their field when it comes to LLMs than someone rambling on their free WordPress blog.

It is just an LLM. That's an objective fact. IBM's Watson is a pipeline of different algorithms. Neither are like a human brain, but multiple processes are going to be more brain-like in concept than just an LLM.

I'm thinking you didn't read it, then, because it isn't making any claims about LLMs!

>So are you

Followed by the link. You made the claim that I'm an LLM.

What actually is your point?

Maybe you are, but I'm not :).

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